I have a question for you.
Where have all the good blogs gone?
I used to find so many great blog articles all the time.
Several years ago the blog world was alive with color.
It was vibrant and alive and full of life.
Now?
There are still a few around, but…
It seems like all the good blogs have disappeared within the past few years.
Where did all the good blogs go?
I can answer that for you…
All good blog artists disappeared into social media addiction.
Nearly all of those former blog artists - the ones that used to produce great content and who have since stopped - are very active on social media.
They disappeared from the world of doing great work, and they appeared in the world of instant likes, lost in the glow of hearts and likes.
Their work suffered fatally.
Their obituaries read:
“Once upon a time he did great work, now he's garbage.”
R.I.P.
For years I refused to join social media websites.
I built my great business without any use of social media whatsoever.
People would ask me to join constantly and I would say no. I knew the truth well.
Social media takes away your focus and energy, your priorities become shifted, and in the end you sacrifice your work for some short-term likes.
Your real work - the blog articles - are evergreen and will stick around for years, decades, and possibly centuries or more.
Your social media posts disappear by tomorrow.
So what kind of moron would join social media and let that happen?
I was one of those morons.
I listened to many other social media addicts and decided to join social media.
Big mistake.
Within a year I became highly addicted to social media.
I would wake up and check my social media.
I would get a small high from the likes and retweets.
I would see what all the people were saying to me.
If they said nice things I was in a happy mood.
If they said nasty things it would put me in a nasty mood.
More and more, social media was a nasty place to be and my attitude suffered severely.
I became a nasty person.
I would snap at people - even my friends and proteges like Dylan Madden - for no reason at all.
If things didn't go my way I didn't have any ability to handle it.
Like Norm McDonald might say, I was a real jerk.
I had no serenity, I had no calm, I had no peace - but there's one thing I did have…
I had my phone in my hand, 2 inches from my eyes. Searching, scrolling, and getting my fix.
“I just need one more like before I can go to sleep!”
My ability to concentrate vanished.
I got to a point where I forgot how to write.
Seriously.
I had to bring in ghost-writers to work on future book projects (which will never be released).
Of course I never had an article ghost-written, but even worse, my articles during the time were not up to the standard that B&D; was known for.
My brand suffered, I lost fans, I lost readers, I lost friends, I made a fool of myself.
For what?
A few likes here and there.
My patience vanished into thin air.
I make plans years in advance.
I wait with the patience of a saint.
I expect nothing today, I work only for tomorrow.
I don't live in the now like the fake Buddhists say, I live for the future.
When I was on social media, all that patience went away.
I had to live in the now. I had to live this very moment, this very second.
Don't make me laugh with talk of future plans.
“How could I plan for the future when I have likes to get?”
I was seeing new content every few seconds.
Always waiting and searching in anticipation for the next dopamine hit.
“Do my work? I can't! I've got to be on social media!”
My work suffered dramatically because my attention span was dramatically lowered.
I was used to writing in only 140 characters and getting instant hits of dopamine via likes, hearts, and retweets.
(All things that mean nothing to the bottom line of a business.)
The things that do matter in the blog business - writing great blog articles - suffered dramatically.
I finally realized the truth one day and I deleted my social media accounts instantly.
Many people were shocked and could not understand why I simply deleted my social media accounts with no word and never looked back.
The social media addicts never understood my logic.
The people on social media think you disappeared from the world.
What they don't notice is that you actually left the virtual reality and appeared in the real world.
They were too plugged into their phones to notice you standing right next to them at the grocery store.
Those people who promote social media - like the potheads who promote marijuana - are addicts to social media.
And misery loves company.
Social media has a disastrous effect on society and well as you personally.
The joke is that social media connects people, what actually happens is that social media drives distance between people.
Instead of wanting to spend time with people face to face, you want to spend time with your “online friends” so you can continue to get your dopamine hits via likes and hearts.
Not to mention, every creative artist is doing a grave disservice to their art by using social media.
All creative work declines in quality the more the artist uses social media.
This is one reason why there are nearly zero great working artists today (Victor Pride excluded).
I've seen it time and time again, people come to me for advice, they have talent, potential, and the will to do the work.
But they can never grasp my biggest piece of advice - stay off social media and concentrate on the work.
They always end up doing the opposite.
They concentrate on social media and their work becomes an afterthought.
They never get anywhere, but social media plays tricks on them.
Because they get dopamine hits daily, they think they are accomplishing something.
But where is the work to show for it?
Nearly all good blogs have disappeared from the web.
They'll say that social media is important for building their business.
Run this test…
Ask them where there business is.
Watch them stumble over the answer.
“Oh well, I'm in the middle of building it, first I have to build an audience on social media.” - Social Media Addict
Don't even get me started on the effects social media has had on family members.
When regular people (non-bloggers) get addicted to social media, real bad things happen.
Families break up, lives get ruined, people become isolated, lonely, and turn into hermits.
They say, “You're never lonely when you have a smartphone!”
Actually, lonely is exactly what you are.
All social media companies were created by lonely recluses and hermits like Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey.
They created social media in their image.
Social Media turns you into a hermit and drives distance between all people.
This important interview explains it well:
All social media was invented by nerds who were socially inept and schizoid. These men were asexual, with very low sexual activity, and even involuntarily celibate.
The profile of every man who invented social media sites is always exactly the same. They created social media in their own image.
Since they were asexual, anti-social, schizoid, white men - they created a tool that was geared towards asexual, anti-social, schizoid, white men.
Then to their utter surprise and shock, social media took off and started to cater to black men and black women, very sexual people, social people, it took off in different social groups which were totally out of synch with this character.
The technology is designed for a highly specific psychology profile but is now being used by all different social groups. This creates dissonance, in-built dissonance.”
A total reboot is necessary to quit social media.
Exposure to social media encourages depression, suicide, anxiety and decreases your self-esteem.
The leading cause of death today for teens up to the age of 24 is suicide.
Quitting social media can be hard, but it must be done for your own happiness and life satisfaction.
My Monk Mode program includes a dopamine reboot/reset program that will help you overcome social media addiction, as well as internet pornography addiction and food addiction.
Monk Mode is not about isolation, regardless of what the name implies.
Monk Mode is about taking control of your life.
Monk Mode is about unplugging from addictive behaviors and creating great work that stands the test of time.
Monk Mode is about building a future for you and your family.
It is about helping you connect with real people by being a positive influence in their lives.
Frankly, it's about overcoming the petty addictions of the modern world and becoming something far greater.
Until next time.
Your man,
-Victor Pride
PS - Don't forget to go into Monk Mode to build your real world. It is so necessary in the crazy world we live in.
I woke up this morning and decided I am getting off social media for 30 days. I grabbed a coffee and sat down to read BD. This is the first article that came up. Weird? Both yes and no. BD has been my spiritual answer. You have been writing to save me and make me a better person for years. You have the answers when I need them, ALWAYS. More importantly, you have illustrated I always have my own answers.
I recently was able to quit my corporate job, corporate suicide you call it in so to speak. I always imagined that I was in an animal zoo like you said, only no bars on the door. They were shocked when I left.
I am working towards my personal goals. It is terrifying, especially since I am dealing with so many addictions and poor discipline. More terrifying is my “fear of success”.
Thanks for the roadmap. I am going to need it.
I recommend that you read Cal Newport’s Digital Minimalism. Paired with Monk Mode, it’s quite powerful.
(Cal Newport is the author of the life changing “Deep work” and “So good they can’t ignore you”. He also gave two amazing TED talks).
The fact that two people like Cal and Vic are pointing out to a similar diagnosis is quite telling.
Excellent. Will check out. I purchased MM today. Perfect reading for the rest of the winter. Appreciate your thoughtful suggestions.
Hi Victor. I quit porn, masturbation, social media a year ago and have never looked back. I do not drink, smoke or do any drugs. I started the carnivore diet 6 weeks ago and feel great, but still have a bit of brain fog sometimes, especially when working on the computer for a while.
Do you think it is okay to play video games a couple hours here and there or are they just as bad as other vices? I don’t watch movies or tv. I listen to podcasts and read a lot though!
Stan - Intentionality is what matters. In general, if you can avoid video games it would be better. However if you plan your videogame time in advance, and if you limit it, that would probably be fine.
Not Victor but here’s my opinion on video games. From personal experience I can go on an internet information binge the whole day easily without getting tired which just shows it is REALLY addictive. When it comes to video games I never play more than an hour at most and can go weeks even months without it. It never gets addictive to me because the world of video games is always very limited compared to the internet. If you play online that may be different though.
I’d say rather play video games than browse social media and internet. Why? Because you are more activated playing them. Movies, internet, social media is all passive consumption.
Books that tell a narrative are great for the mind. Self help and fact books only entertain the monkey mind. Instructional books like Monk Mode is fine though. Recently dusted of my old Lord of The Rings books and started reading them again. At first my attention was bad. Soon though I got better and clearer mental images from the words. I really recommend reading. Good luck with everything.
Thanks for this reply. I have found exactly the same thing. The internet contains a constant novelty of stimulation. Recently I have become addicted to listening to YouTube videos, podcasts and reading online constantly. I find that our brain can easily become addicted to seeking information and it always feels like there will be a great answer to find online. It feels like you need to keep searching or you may miss out. When I played a video game I found I could play for a couple hours and I’m focused. However with the internet I keep flicking between articles/videos which is destroying my attention span.
Can you relate to this?
I’m not Vic either, but video games have definitely been a significant part of my life.
One thing I enjoy doing is seeing how fast I can beat certain games, or challenge myself to beat the game with severe handicaps or something like that.
Like the other guy said, I can’t really play video games for any longer than an hour or two before passing out, but when it comes to social media and youtube and porn and stuff, I found myself wasting almost half the day on that because the dopamine triggers are so rapid.
And online gaming combines the two, which is why I believe it should be outlawed. Now I’m an Anarcho Capitalist and I don’t really believe in laws, but I’m down for a law against online gaming or only being able to be on social media for an hour or two before hackers get into your phone/PC and log you out.
Offline video games are alright. Online gaming should be avoided just as much as porn if not more.
May be poor seretonin levels. Best thing is hormone manupulation.
This article is fantastic, and it proves what I have found to be true from bitter experience.
Social media is *terrible* for writers and artists of all kinds.
Yes you can use it to ‘build an audience’ but what is the point of having a (fickle, short attention span) audience if you never create any true art because you are too busy being addicted to building an audience!
Absurd.
I’d rather be a farmer (a blog artist who owns what he produces) than a sharecropper (someone who ‘creates content’ for Zuckerberg, Dorsey and other billionaire nerds)
farmer vs. sharecropper…excellent analogy
Thanks. I believe history will judge Twitter harshly.
As Vic says- thousands of powerful writers with unique perspectives were somehow duped into trading in their self-owned, decentralized blogs to go and ‘work on the big farm’ and tweet nonsense all day.
But from following some links in these comments I can see that some men are working to bring back good blogs…
Agree 100% but I have noticed since I deactivated my Facebook my blog traffic has gone down. I was considering reactivating it solely to share new articles as they came out, because my outreach has been down without it. I do have a fairly active IG however, being that I run a fitness blog I share my bodybuilding and powerlifting journey as well as my eating.
Thoughts on this?
Hi, I add my view, as I struggle with the same, and for this reason, I am also hesitating. I see how much traffic FB brings to my blog, but the problem is if I share my article on FB, people start commenting, I need to re-check and I get sucked into sitting on FB getting high on likes. I do have IG account as well, that is even worse for checking other posts whilst I reply on my account comments. I was thinking the solution could be to keep FB and share articles - links to my blog BUT disable commenting so people must comment on the blog directly. I also noticed that if there is a big discussion going on FB, people won’t comment on my blog, they prefer blabbering on FB. I have also noted that if I share my new article before I send out the newsletter, people won’t read my newsletter that much. I tried to fix this by putting extra content in my newsletter so people get extra value reading something useful. To be honest after reading Vic’s excellent article on this subject - I realised just now - as long as you produce great content, people will find a way to read your stuff., no? Social media can be just the reader’s habit, If they know they find you there, why bother to go on your blog? Look at Bold and Determined. I know if I want to read Vic’s stuff, I must go to the blog. I do not search for him on Facebook.
I quit social media and deleted my profiles from various platforms years ago. Maybe 6 years ago or so. Reason is simple, it is a black hole of time. By the time you are done checking how people you don’t care for are doing and all of the stupid shit they post, your evening is gone, nothing is done and you feel worst.
I decided to go back a few months ago to track down people I needed to track whom I wasn’t able to track otherwise. Once it was done, I decided to keep my profile. Big mistake. Even having minimal number of “friends” I started to fall into the trap of time wasting, so I ended up deleting the profile for good.
Don’t waste your time doing stupid shit like social media, gentlemen. Do something more productive, like push ups. Or read a book.
Hi
Great article. I was wondering if Monk Mode is diffreent to “30 days of discipline”? Or is it the same book rebranded?
Look forward to your reply
Paul
Totally different lad.
Believe me.
MM is similar in the sense that it is a lean, powerfully written book that offers precise information on how to cultivate discipline and improve your life.
But in truth MM is better. It is more demanding and also more attuned to the world of today (where the vast majority have at least some issue with dopamine over-stimulation via bad food, pornography, social media addiction etc)
Monk Mode is the cure for this issue.
Stick to it and you *will* transform.
But as with everything worthwhile a sacrifice is demanded. And most are not willing to pay the cost.
Truth!
The funny thing is that it seems that even those people that are on social media, they themselves most of the time don’t even like it.
They’re just there because everybody else is.
When I tell people that I’ve deleted all my social media two years ago, they always immediately feel compelled to justify why they are still on it.
“Oh yeah, I’m still on it only for the memes and funny vids..”
They subconsciously know its a bad thing but they just can’t leave the addiction.
I agree wholeheartedly with the sentiment of this article. Social media creates fake passion, fake energy and a fake feeling of accomplishment. Why it is ultimately so pointless is that most of the issues and ideas discussed are ephemeral. Even if there was a logical discussion it would be a wasteful use of resources because most of the time these discussions are taking place between people with no power or will to bring those ideas to fruition. When the day is over, the issue becomes dead and any ideas drift down the memory hole.
I wonder if there is some value for those that can separate themselves from the experience and remain aware that it is a facade and use social media as a social laboratory. For example not be outcome dependent caring about ‘likes, etc’ but just trial certain scripting and see it’s effect in real time to later incorporate into real world endeavors. Or, is the fantasy world and real world just too dissimilar to serve any value for this purpose?
Here kid, just take one hit, it’s free….
I understand that 99% of the time, social media is terrible for 99% of people. I also understand that Vic can’t write articles about all these things saying ‘this is probably kinda bad for you unless bla, bla, bla’ , not very inspiring stuff, people demand conviction. I am just curious what differentiates those that do make money through social media, I know they are few but they do exist. The answer I assume is simply mindfulness and purpose.
‘Professional’ social media users are not different from regular users other than the fact that they earn a (usually fairly meagre) income.
To build a following that you can make money from requires constant work in the beginning, more than enough hours to become seriously addicted to the platform.
(I speak from experience)
Plus I’m sure Vic used social media in a purposeful, ‘professional’ way. He still became addicted. There are no exceptions to this. It is inevitable.
See, it’s individuals with standard brain chemistry vs an army of nerds who have learned through mass A/B testing exactly how to make the service as addictive as possible.
It’s an unwinnable position for the consumer
Thanks for taking the time to reply, it finally really solidified the point for me. It’s not that there is nothing to be gained just that it costs too much to reap that gain; sort of like a gold mine with costs far exceeding the value of the gold.
Vic has never steered me wrong yet. Just like to play devil’s advocate on occasion to get absolute clarity.
I’ve concluded social media is low vibration
& just like that old saying “too much TV will rot your brain” too much social media will rot your brain ! !
Started 30 days of discipline again with no social media.
You’re spot on on this topic. Social media destroys our social cohesion.
Leave the social media to the women.
We got better things to do.
Yes! Good response!
“Where have all the good blogs gone?”
LifeofML.com still here.
I don’t use social media either, straight garbage. I don’t do calls/texts either aside from setting up a meet. I prefer in person communication.
Right.
Few men will get this.
Puppet-heads can’t even call a girl on the phone. They need **texting**. They’re men in name only.
Really enjoying your blog ML. Keep producing unique work.
-Leo Sinclair
Much love.
Good article thanks Vic. And as a side note, I have seen that video about the creators of social video, and the “white men” who created it, but he fails to mention (because he’s too politically correct) that its Jewish men. If he wants to single out “white men” as the bogeymen, he should at least include the fact they are jewish.
One must be careful, I have social media which I use for my blog, but I only go on there to post links every time I publish a new article, and nothing more.
I do the same here.
Agree with Pride.
First off, it is well known and acknowledged the original social media was blogging.
“Twitter is garbage” -Max Cantor
If you don’t agree with it, look at all the non-sense and sparring by the pundits there. (Secret hint: Twitter was made for women and effeminate, neurotic men). The lowlife scum and crabs in the bucket. The idiot masses led by the nose by people like Im, others. Plus when these people look at their Twtr *followers* the dopeheads don’t realize that 50 % are bots ! The’re not even real people. Of course, they don’t know that, they’ve never worked in tech….They work for Jack D….for free
Engagement is the new cocaine says Latimore. Yes, dope. Get out of my face. Real man out here.
Firstly, I am Brazilian and I apologize for any mistake.
I just wanted to thank this blog for everything! Here in Brazil the left still resists and there is all that architecture to make the man more feminine. It is impossible to see good Brazilian sites.
I was just thinking about it today, as the social network has messed up our lives and I will delete everything today!
Thanks for everything Victor!
Intermittent fasting + carnivorous diet + dopamine fast + zero social media + lift iron = success!
2019 is ours.
Hugs from Brazil!
Hey Vic long time reader first time commenting on an article. Though you touched briefly upon it near the end of the article, I would like to expand on the article by saying that social media makes you very tribal. I’ve seen people who seemed fairly decent act batshit insane towards ANYONE who voted for Trump in the 2016 election up to and including trying to ruin their livelihood simply based on being “on the wrong side of history”! Hell, recently I heard that Twitter was banning people for mocking those Buzzfeed “journalists” who got laid off with the “Learn to code” hashtag thus reinforcing the tribalist mindset towards a certain type of politics and why I personally don’t feel bad for getting banned myself though it was long before the recent layoffs from fake news sites.
Like anything that sounds good on paper, social media has ultimately set us back decades. Problems that were long ago settled in our society have re-emerged because some whiny faggots can’t be satisfied with what they have. No longer can you call a spade a spade without weirdos coming out of the woodwork threatening to destroy your livelihood simply for having an opinion that doesn’t align with their own. And not to mention you can say the most hateful most vile shit imaginable on Twitter or where have you so long as you have the “right politics” or in Twitter’s case, are a “Verified” account and thus have a rabid fanbase who blindly worship the ground you walk on. Oh, but if you aren’t either of those things and DARE call out these sick bastards on their ugly behavior, YOU are somehow the problem and not them in the eyes of the socially mal-adjusted loonies from Silicon Valley.
Anyway, great article Vic! This needs to be said more and more these days!
The quality of videos about building a businesses have also gone down. So many idiots pushing ads, SEO and affiliate marketing instead of building solid products and content.
I’ve also experienced this.
There’s a lot of negative and hateful people on social media. It can be tough to filter though it.
Some people are best just staying away from it completely.
Amazing article, I only check into social media every three days for a few seconds or so to check on people I actually know who read my blog, but I’m gonna share this just to thin the herd.
Vic should link up with someone with a good background in psychology and write a book called “The War on Dopamine.”
Dear Vic,
I just want to truly thank you for what an amazing program you have created. I am now finishing my 3rd week of STRICT monk mode, with a prior 48 hour hard reset.
Miraculous. Not only did I do a 180° turn in another direction, I picked up a completely new trade, that I plan on pursuing for years to come. The mental clarity I unlocked during this month was unreal.
I took my brand new 1200$ iPhone X to the pawn shop, and got a flip phone. I now pay 25$ a month versus my 150$ phone bill. I no longer crave the dopamine, the attention of whores, or the candy-like colors of the smartphone screen.
I will be writing an article soon on why ditching the smartphone is the healthiest thing an awake and focused monk can do. If you need maps gentlemen, look into a Garmin or hiking GPS.
Have a blessed month,
-Leo Sinclair
It’s funny this is your latest article because I was just thinking, “What happened to all the bloggers?” I’m a blogger and I used to get loads of traffic. Last few years the traffic dropped off fifty percent, and I lost motivation to blog. I used to post five times a week. Now I post twice a month. And I barely use social media.
Then I thought I wonder what that Bold and Determined guy is doing. Did he disappear as well? And here you are, blogging.
I’d almost given up hope of ever making a real living selling books. Maybe there is still hope.
You can thank google and duckduckgo for the traffic dropoff. Search engines are useless today. Actually, the best search engines that exist today are YouTube and Quora.
How did google and duckduckgo hurt the traffic? I would think they’d help. A lot.
I know Google has made quite a few updates, like the Panda update, that really affected search results. My dropoff I think has a lot more to do with people targeting my keywords. As well as other factors.
I took an SEO course and it sucks if you’re a creative because you can’t write for creativity as much as for SEO anymore. Google wants you to have x amount of inbound and outbound like, 5% keyword density, youtube links, a table of content, and on and on. Which just means they want high quality articles. But as a blogger now you spend more time worrying about layout and meta tags than writing engaging content.
Not sure about Duck Duck Go.
Duckduckgo cloaks traffic. Google gives you all kinds of info on your visitors. Duck duck go does not.
I get alerts of vídeos you upload to Youtube…that is social media…
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“Within a year I became highly addicted social media.”
Within a year I became highly addicted *to* social media.
“…concentrate on social media and they’re work becomes”
…concentrate on social and their work becomes…
Interesting article. I’m trying to learn well from your practices for my own work and this article was great for this.
Thanks.
This reminds me of marco pierre white’s quote, i forgot exactly what he says, but something along this line
“if the chefs are often busy on tv show, who does the cooking?”
Its all true. I started writing again a month ago and what I write now is far more powerful than anything I wrote before when I was still on social media.
Its similar to storing sex energy instead of dissipating it.
One of your best articles lately, Victor. Great read. Very important, too.
Many of our fellow online-entrepreneurs believe they can avoid the trap of social media. Haha.
Social Media is like an evil spirit - you reach towards it with a finger, it bites your fucking arm off.
There is an ancient Latin saying: Abstinence is easier than Moderation. Exactly right, I think.
Good luck, Victor.
Hey fella, I randomly saw this article: https://spartanfife.com/the-portrait-of-a-modern-degenerate/
Good stuff. Keep it up.
Hi Victor,
Regarding the forbidden knowledge you briefly referenced, how would someone go about finding it?
I’ll have to check this out. I started a blog years ago and like an idiot I didn’t keep up with it.. now I wish I had those readers again.. that’s why I would think social media would be a good thing… To get traffic and readers. Right now I’m just writing, and writing my eBook as I go and will sell it after I get good readership and a following.
But I want to thank you for your articles and advice over the years.. I’m back writing and hopefully I’ll be doing it for a living one day.. thanks again
Victor, your post hit the nail on the head.
One of the main reasons to quit social media is the effect it has on self-confidence. Your self-confidence becomes dependent on people’s opinions, likes/dislikes, etc. Especially on Instagram where everyone is insecure and just cares about showing off posting pictures of their fit tea, gym outings, and getting a Starbucks iced coffee next to your leased BMW 328i steering wheel.
Quitting social media will definitely increase your self-confidence and free you from taking the opium of the masses. For all you young guys out there reading this blog and hoping to improve your lives, this is a vital step you must take.
Great article. have you forgotten to remove those social media buttons below the article ?
Victor, this is fantastic. Recently I had some very bad encounters with social media and I had been thinking for sometime about “getting rid”, so about 20mins of contemplation I saw that it had taken over my life! That was all I needed, it was removed 8 days ago, I have lots of free time, so what do I do? I took on new projects and I also picked up my kindle again, I knew in there somewhere I had a few life changing books that I never completed, I happen to stumble across one I had never even opened titled 30 days of discipline. Within an hour this morning I completed and I am buzzing with enthusiasm to get this started, so after creating my first to-do list I came to the conclusion that it would be a good idea to check out your blog, Logan’s behold the first article that drew my attention was this one! The one thing I have recently done to begin a new journey and everything you wrote was my reasons for my decision to cut it from my life. This was not a coincidence because I do not believe in coincidence, everything has a reason. I shall get started on day 1, You are an inspiration and I thank you for the flame to starts this fire. :D
My man.
This video talks about the difference between using social media the right and wrong ways. It’s good stuff.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDXPeOpY8QE
A great posts like usual Vic.
Many of the “business gurus” online keep mentioning the importance of using social media for business, but, hardly ever address the detrimental effects of using social media mindlessly. I, too, soon will have a post up addressing these adverse effects of using social media.
If anyone is interested in my thoughts on this topic, you can visit bloggedge.com
Awesome post King Victor! Bold and Determined should actually be a religion lol. I believe social media shouldn’t be totally avoided but used as a tool instead of another means of entertainment. I don’t know how this can be done but I’m thinking we all have to have a particular goal to use social media at a particular point in time - to advertise or learn something and nothing more.
Gut punch here Vic. Nice post. I just took two weeks and went to Thailand. Decided I wouldn’t work or use social media.
While in Thailand…
Gone were the days of being a slave to instant likes and comments. Gone went the moodiness.
I felt…strangely free.
I logged in a few times to see what was up.
Minutes later I’d notice my mood had dipped. Dramatically. I realize now I completely lost where I came from.
Quality, thought-provoking content that allowed me to build a 6+ figure website, which in turn allowed me to also invest in other businesses like an olive oil company.
What a giant mistake to just became another one of the many, unable to pen something more than 280 characters or an Instagram caption.
I could, and have!, write a rant on this subject, but I won’t bore everybody. I never saw the appeal of so-called “social media”, and wouldn’t so dignify it by my presence. Its just stupid.
Don’t “do” smartphones either.